title: Android: Get versionName or versionCode of an APK from the command line tags: android,android-aapt,android-versionCode
You can use aapt in android's build-tools directory of whatever build tools version you're using.
You pass that tool the badging command, and then pass it the location of your APK.
Example:
$ANDROID_HOME/build-tools/24.0.2/aapt dump badging app/build/outputs/apk/app-release.apk
If you scroll through all the output, you can find the versionName and versionCode.